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[ad_1] The number of deaths continues to rise at an alarming rate, with 411 deaths recorded in the last day. FILE: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the rate of spread was much faster than the first wave, whose peak would be exceeded in the coming days. Image: 123rf. JOHANNESBURG – …

[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 8h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Cape Town – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize reported on Wednesday that 411 Covid-19-related deaths and 14,046 Covid-19 cases have been identified since the last report. “Today we report, with concern, that 14,046 Covid-19 cases have been identified since the last …

[ad_1] By Theolin Tembo 10h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Cape Town – A 57-year-old man died when his hang glider crashed into Lion’s Head on Wednesday. Although paramedics called it a paraglider, it has been pointed out that it was a hang glider. Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) spokesman …

[ad_1] Drug makers, including BioNTech and Moderna, are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new, fast-spreading variant of the virus that is sweeping Britain, the latest challenge in the fast-paced race to curb the pandemic. Ugur Sahin, chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech, which with its partner Pfizer took …

[ad_1] South Africa has made an initial payment to secure the COVID-19 vaccine for 10% of the country’s population. “The National Department of Health and the Solidarity Fund are pleased to announce that an initial payment of US $ 19.2 million (R283 million) has been made to GAVI (the Vaccine …

[ad_1] Europe rushed on Monday to provide a coordinated response to a new strain of the coronavirus that has led to an international suspension of travel links with the United Kingdom. EU ambassadors will meet on Tuesday to try to nail down a unified approach and figure out how to …

[ad_1] A potentially more infectious new variant of the novel coronavirus has been found in the UK in cases related to South Africa, said British Health Secretary Matt Hancock, while announcing that more swaths of England would be subjected to the strictest COVID restrictions. -19. South Africa’s health department said …

[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson is trying to get approval for a Covid-19 vaccine that only requires one injection. Details of the vaccine trial are expected to be released in January. Only a massive global deployment of an effective vaccine can end the Covid-19 pandemic in the short term. The vaccine …

[ad_1] Limpopo Prime Minister Stan Mathabatha. (archive) Churches and weddings are among the events blamed for the resurgence of the coronavirus in Limpopo. Prime Minister Stanley Mathabatha warned residents after Makhado, Thulamela, Polokwane and Thabazimbi recorded a growing number of infections. Mathabatha said that the outreach events include soccer tournaments, …

[ad_1] South Africa’s private hospital operators have warned they face severe capacity constraints due to the resurgence of coronavirus cases. The Covid-19 pandemic peaked in Africa’s most industrialized economy in late July, before infections subsided. The country is in the middle of a Second wave of the disease that began …